I am sooooo sorry for such the long wait on this update...i wasn't quite sure where i should go. Well anyway I hope you all like it! I sure do! haha! 0)
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Chapter 4
As they were driving on their way to the hospital the next morning Meredith kept sneaking glances at her once again boyfriend. She had slept extremely well the night before, although they didn't have sex. Which was very upsetting since it had been a while for both of them. Derek told her that Rose was making him wait for the right moment. God, she's one of those girls. But they were content just being in each other's arms last night.
When the got to the hospital Derek was making some kind of phone call so Meredith got out of his car first and was greeted by a very anxious Izzie.
"Meredith! Thank God! Where have you been? I was up all night baking, well, everything I could that was in the kitchen. Neither you nor Alex came home so I couldn't talk to either of you." Izzie stopped looked around a little and then dove right in to her next sentence, "By the way since you were no help yesterday I still have no idea what I'm going to do about Alex and his fake baby mama. Wait…this isn't your car? Who'd you come here with?"
As Izzie last words left her mouth that's when Derek popped out of the car.
"Good morning Dr. Stevens." He exclaimed while getting his stuff out of the back seat.
"Helllooo Deer… I mean Dr. Shepherd." She looked at Meredith with a 'what the hell look' then all the sudden ran over to Alex as he started to walk by.
"What was that about?" Derek walked around the car to where she was standing and took her hand.
"Got me." She smiled and kind of bumped into him as they began to walk toward the entrance.
As they approached the building she saw Izzie and Alex talking as the entered the building. And then following right after them were Callie and Sloan, yet another night of God knows what that they had been doing for the last couple of days. At least Sloan will be in a good mood. Then Hahn came out of nowhere and as she was going through the doors looking pretty annoyed, while Cristina was right behind her, and there was no doubt she was trying to get on whatever case Hahn had for today.
Meredith and Derek were just about to walk through the doors themselves when she decided to stop. "Hey I forgot to tell you something." She pulled Derek back towards her and caught his lips before he could say anything. It was supposed to be a quick kiss but she couldn't pull herself away. It wasn't too passionate but more sweet and caring. Like a, 'have a great day' kind of kiss. When they broke apart Derek smiled at her and lightly kissed her forehead.
After they walked in the doors and turned to make there way to the elevator she turned around to see if anyone had been watching sure enough, standing about twenty feet behind where Derek and Meredith had just been, was Rose. She wasn't moving so that made Meredith think that she had seen them. Although she was hoping she hadn't. As they got on the elevator she looked over at Derek and he was oblivious to the fact that Rose had been near by but as the doors shut Meredith was watching Rose hoping that today wouldn't be awkward.
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As Meredith approached the nurses station Derek was already standing there looking over their next patients chart. She walked up beside him and even thought they had only been apart while she changed and did the rounds with her interns, she felt like it had been too long, which totally wasn't her and scared the shit out of her. But oh well.
"Hey." She stood right beside him barely leaving any room. However she had to remind herself to try to keep things as professional as possible.
" Hey," he smiled but then looked right back at the chart, "I'm very optimistic about this new viral cocktail. Adding and I-L-2 should make a very big difference."
"Great. Let's do this." She walked toward their next patients' room with him right behind her.
As they entered they heard Greta and her sister talking.
"Waiting is a bad idea. We are talking about your health." The sister said concernedly.
"Dr. Shepherd can say no if its such a problem." Greta replied reassuringly.
"What am I saying no to?" He replied still walking into the room.
"Is there any way to push back the surgery a couple of hours? My boyfriends flight was delayed. I want him to be here. He has some questions. He's so smart about this stuff I don't even know what to ask." Greta sat there and she looked a little sad, almost hurt by everything that is going on.
"Are you reconsidering the procedure?"
"Andre and I have had so little time together. We met in January. I mean, this treatment could kill me right?"
"You have a very aggressive tumor even if we don't operate your looking at a few months." Derek replied very professionally even though Meredith could tell that he was taking this to heart.
"But I'd spend them with Andre. Do you know how precious that is? Time with the person you love?"
"Greta, please." Her sister was pleading with her and Meredith could tell that they had been doing this for a while.
"I'm just saying I want to wait for Andre. He'll help me to decide. He'll be here at three."
Derek nodded and he looked over at Meredith. She wanted him to push for the surgery to happen as soon as possible but he had that look in his eye. Like there was something running through his head. They were a team now. Not just at work but in their personal life too so Meredith decided that the least she could do was let him explain to her what he was thinking.
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"…but Derek her sister said that the boyfriend, he isn't real." Meredith and Derek had been talking about this a lot today but they still weren't seeing eye to eye. To Meredith, Greta was clearly having symptoms. She dreamt Andre up.
"Meredith. We don't know that is true. There is a chance that isn't true." He stole a chip off of her plate and popped it in his mouth. She glared at him and swatted his hand away.
"Oh come on, how many people are dating someone for months and never introduce them to their families." She raised an eyebrow at him. She thought that comment was pretty clever.
"Oh yeah, well you and I have been off and on for a few years and you've only met one of my family members and that's because she came out here without me knowing." Damn it. Meredith needed to think of something quick because not only were they talking about work but they were also having some cute banter and she didn't want it to end yet.
"So. You've met all of my family members." She backed her self up very defensively.
"Oh you mean the family that you hate."
"Shut up." She playfully shoved him and then grabbed his hand.
"Seriously though, how much longer do you think we should wait?" She looked at him and he took a deep breath and sighed.
"Just a little while longer." He tucked a piece of hair behind her ear and then kissed her on the check before he walked away.
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Meredith had just met up with Derek to see if Andre was here yet but of course…he wasn't. Not yet at least. She hadn't believed that Andre was real but Derek did. He had faith and that made her have faith. She smiled to herself she and Derek had faith. They had faith in Greta's love. Which made her want to have faith in theirs.
As Meredith made her way up to the nurse's station she noticed Rose behind the counter. She needed to take care of some things there but she decided she would come back later.
She tried to pass by without Rose noticing but there was no such luck.
" Bitch." Rose was acting like she was in jr. high by trying to cover up the name she just called Meredith with a cough.
"Rose…" Meredith doesn't want to fight with her. She knows that Rose must feel horrible but she doesn't want to argue about it.
"I'm just saying that any women who is brave enough to steal another women's boyfriend from right under her is, in my book, classified as a bitch." Rose looked at Meredith like she just wanted to punch her; and in one of her hands she was holding a package of licorice. Pig. Meredith couldn't help but think that but seriously what was Derek, the health food man, thinking?
"Seriously Rose. You want to do this right here. Okay then, let's do this." A small group of mainly nurses had started to form around them and Meredith felt stupid for letting this happen like this but if that's the way Rose wants it then oh well.
"Okay. You're a bitch. You broke Derek's heart, and treated him like dirt and then you just jump back into the picture whenever you want. I don't think so." As Rose was saying this she emerged from behind the desk.
"Seriously? You are acting like you didn't know that this was going to happen. Derek and I, we've been off and on for a while now and you thought this time since he was with you it was going to be different. I don't think so. That's what Derek and I do. We get confused we take our space and then we are back together." That definitely sounded better in her head.
"Oh great, so you're saying that all I have to do is wait a few weeks and Derek will be a free man again. Sound perfect see you then." Rose said this with a smug look on her face, which just pissed off Meredith even more. The group around them had grown including a few of Meredith's friends.
"No! No, that's not going to happen this time because, not that it's any of your business, but Derek and I, we are in it for the long haul this time. We have this stuff figured out and we are ready for our freakin' happily ever after and don't need anyone stepping in out way. I am sooo tired of people like you stepping in our way. So why don't you just take your whiny little opinions and keep them to yourself." She moved much closer to Rose at this point so that just she could hear what Meredith was about to say. "And if you think that you can just talk to Derek and or wait for us to have a bad patch, you are so wrong. I'm riding off into the sunset with Derek and if I ever find out that you've tried to do anything to stop that. Oh you are going to be so sorry."
And with that Meredith turned around and stormed off. She was so blind with rage that she didn't even see Derek standing somewhere in the middle of the crowd.
However, as the crowd began to disperse, Rose did.
"Derek, hey. I think we should talk I just don't think that this should end so fast." She tried to play the innocent part like Meredith had just caused all the trouble.
"No." he said softly but sternly, "I saw everything that just happened. I just want you to leave me and Meredith alone." He slammed a chart on the desk and then he turned and walked in the same direction Meredith had, in hopes to find her.
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